Chapter 1: Silas Kurt

Chapter 1: Silas Kurt

"What is wrong with you? Why do you behave like someone who has some screws loose in the head," A middle-aged man yells at a young man, who has his head lowered.

"You know what? Take the rest of the day off. Provide your sales and accounting details for today, and leave," The middle-aged man said and walked out of the casino house.

The young man looked at the receding figure of the middle-aged man with his fist clenched, and flames of anger burning in his eyes.

'I behave like someone who has some screws loose in the head, huh? I wonder how I became that way? Working in his godd*mn place with no prospects in sight.'

With anger in his heart, he did his accounting and after he was done, he gave it to one of his colleagues to give it to his boss in his place.

"Silas, you're leaving already?," His colleague asked as he took the book containtaing Silas' sales and accounting details.

"Yeah... He told me to take the rest of the day off. I can use it to cool off a bit," Silas said, and made his way out of the casino house.

As Silas left the casino house, his two colleagues looked at each simultaneously and smiled.

"Hey Roy, what do you think he did this time around to get sent home?," One of them asked.

"I don't know, man. You know he and the boss don't always see eye to eye," Roy replied.

"Honestly, I think the problem is with him. I mean look at him, his clothes are faded and worn out. He barely takes care of himself. Not gonna lie, I'll call him a homeless person if I saw him on the street," The first person said.

"Come on, Dave. He's our colleague and besides, it's not his fault. The work is taxing as hell and we barely get time for ourselves," Roy said as he started going through Silas' sales and accounting book.

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Silas, who was on his way home, knew nothing about him being the topic of discussion between his colleagues.

On the way, still feeling angry, Silas decided to listen to some music to cool off. He plugged in his wired earphones, opened a music streaming platform, selected his playlist, and hit play.

As the song started to play, Silas closed his eyes briefly and let out a deep breath. After doing that, he felt his chest become lighter and his anger relieved slightly.

"Feeling so much better," He said with a small smile, and continued walking home.

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Today to Silas is just like every other average day in his life.

Yes, just an average day. The argument with his boss happens almost everyday.

After graduating from high school two years ago with a good result, he decided to start working so that he could save up and go to college, or possibly University.

That was how he started working at a casino house just after graduation.

Silas was a person who always tried to make the most out of life. His life in high school was normal for an introvert and a weakling, he was unable to fight back his bullies, and his girlfriend was snatched from him.

His family situation did not help his case as his single father, a bus captain cared less about him and his younger brother.

These made him take up the responsibility for his younger brother's well-being and the household due to his father's negligence.

Silas was happy with the little things of life, actually he tried to be. His mother died after his birth, due to complications that arose from it and he was raised temporarily for some years by his father until he remarried, and his stepmother took over.

His stepmom raised him like her own and to him, she was like the mother he never had.

Unfortunately, the cruel and cold hands of death took her away. She died two years after giving birth to her son.

At that point, it felt like the whole world was against him. He lost two mothers and his father was barely in the picture.

[Assimilating System...]

[Assimilation Completed]

[Assessing the host's condition.....]

[Host physical and mental condition assessed: Mildly serious]

[Fixing host condition.... Completed]

[Generating host stats and information.... Completed]

[System Activated]

[Name: Silas Kurt]

[Age:20]

[System Level: 0]

[Level Daily Reward And Perk: Reward of $10 every 24 hours, $10 for every mission completed when host is still in said level]

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[Strength: 3.5]

[Agility: 2]

[Stamina: 2]

[Intelligence: 3]

[Charisma: 0.5]

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[Skill(s): None]

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[Mission(s):

Daily Mission(s): Improving And Perfecting Body Condition.

Press-up, 100 times: Incomplete (0/100)

Sit-up, 100 times: Incomplete (0/100)

Squat, 100 times: Incomplete (0/100)

Running, 10 km: Incomplete (0/10)]

[Mission(s) Reward: $40]

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Silas, who was still asleep, had no idea of what was happening.